Sentences with phrase «call had only»

OPW INTERVIEW — Aug 26, 2007 — Moses Brown is proud Online Booty Call has only had one marriage confirmed on his site.

Remember what it was like when The Cuckoo's Calling had only sold a few boxes and think about those of us who are stuck there, because we can't wave a wand and turn our books into overnight bestsellers merely by saying the magic word.

The call would only take a second, it was their daily «just to say hi from work» call.

These calls have only grown louder as the market for legal services has experienced both cyclical and structural changes.

Not exact matches

This tendency to retreat to the familiar when challenging times call on us to change is not the only unhelpful mental habit we have to contend with.

Even if it doesn't come up during the interview — which it likely will, if only obliquely — what Fox has called Trump's «obsession» with Kelly will be a kind of sub-text running beneath the event.

And Crispr - Cas9 isn't even the only type of Crispr out there: On April 12, researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center announced they had successfully paired the gene - editing tool with a different kind of enzyme, called Cpf1, to correct mutations associated with the devastating muscle - wasting disorder Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The issue of marijuana has become a hot potato politically, as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau calls for legalization of recreational marijuana, and the Conservatives oppose the move, saying it would only increase use, especially among youth.

Meanwhile, the turmoil at Politico may be giving some media watchers déjà vu, or at least flashbacks to another Allbritton - backed venture that went through substantial upheaval: In 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the site.

Psychologists call this feeling of freedom to do your job as you see fit «autonomy» and have found in studies that not only does autonomy make employees happy, it also makes them more productive.

Instead, only a few have the privilege of calling themselves entrepreneurs.

If not, and you're doing it only to have a calling card, or to achieve some sort of amorphous status that may or may not help your business, or you're hoping to nab some speaking fees, you're probably going to be disappointed.

The chief executive of the Shire of East Pilbara has called on the owner of Newman's only shopping centre to reduce rents.

Rather than charging 2 % of the fund's total capital commitment, Sequoia has told investors the management fee will be 1 % based only on the smaller stages of «called capital» drawn from the investors, one of the people said.

But for all the attention the subject has received, it's a safe bet that most people still cling to very clichéd notions that only so - called «deadbeats» ever hit the debt wall.

Canada has only one of those companies, which I built, called RIM.

They know why certain phrases during a sales call have a particular effect with clients, or the reasons why personalized emails resonate with prospects; yet, with goals, they're content to outline them with only vague reasoning.

Lloyd Bernstein, whose Oyster Bay, N.Y., hardware store, called Bernstein's Home Center, has been in his family 82 years, originally used CDS only for its billing services; he only later moved on to the company's factor offerings.

«We're living in what I like to call the «Thank You Economy,» because only the companies that can figure out how to mind their manners in a very old - fashioned way — and do it authentically — are going to have a prayer of competing,» says social media expert and author of the book The Thank You Economy Gary Vaynerchuk in a recent Entrepreneur.com column.

If Khloe goes with a K name for her daughter, she would be the only one of her siblings to buck their tradition of calling their kids names that begin with letters that aren't a K.

But that sales piece will only be effective if it has a strong call - to - action.

When potential buyers tell my salespeople to stop calling a contact at their organization, there is only one response: If someone told your salespeople to stop calling a potential customer, would you want them to stop?

During its first quarter earnings call, BlackBerry said it had only shipped 2.7 million of its new phones.

«Not only will you have to disclose which page paid for an ad, but we will also make it so you can visit an advertiser's page and see the ads they're currently running to any audience on Facebook,» Zuckerberg said, calling this «perhaps the most important step we're taking.»

Both have enough processing power, memory, and storage for almost any resource - intensive apps, so I'm only calling out their marquee features.

One unique challenge that the German market presents is the Reinheitsgebot — sometimes called the «German Beer Purity Law» — that has been on the books for centuries and says for a product to be marketed as a beer, it can only use four ingredients: water, yeast, malt and hops.

Zimbabwean telecom tycoon (and the country's only billionaire) Strive Masiyiwa has been called a «global business influential,» a «face of New Africa,» and the «Bill Gates of Africa.»

This plan called for a large rocket to launch a single spacecraft to the moon, but only a small part of that spacecraft (the Lunar Module) would actually land on the surface.

A couple of months ago, an ad for a Woodside, California, group house called Startup Castle drew ridicule for demanding that applicants for its coveted spaces work out at least 15 hours a week, wear makeup no more than twice a week, have no more than one tattoo, and only rarely listen to songs with explicit lyrics.

Ryanair said that the Anpac and FIT - CISL unions represent employees of Italian carrier Alitalia SpA and have «no role» at the Irish carrier, having threatened walkouts five times in the past only to call them off.

The skin - in - the - game rule would still apply to interest - only (also called zero - down) mortgages and loans made to borrowers who don't meet certain other standards meant to ensure their ability to repay.

It's not what you would call a large operation just yet, as the organization has only recorded messages from about 75 individuals.

«We had Extra Value Meals, plus we had Dollar Menu, [which was] rather confusing not only to customers but actually kind of confusing to us,» said Tim Fenton, then McDonald's chief operating officer, on a January earnings call.

«Even though I was only on call one week out of five, and even though getting paged wasn't an everyday occurrence while on call, I grew tired of needing to schedule my life in such a way that I would always be available to respond to a high - priority event if necessary,» former Amazon engineer Eric Aderhold wrote on Quora.

The phase - out plans apply only to so - called unabated coal, meaning a company that has the technology to reduce emissions can carry on generating power with coal.

LanguageLine, says Klein, had been trying to do a lot of things to boost its bottom line, from selling prepaid interpreter calling cards to monetizing data on language usage, but most of its efforts were only an afterthought.

Stewart has called leaving the CBC (where she was the youngest person and the only woman to ever hold her position) one of the boldest, smartest employment decisions she's ever made.

We can only imagine that having heard the news, Vladimir Putin has called off his bear hunt and is rushing back to the Kremlin to call off Russian airstrikes on hospitals, schools, and humanitarian aid convoys around Aleppo.»

If you need to have a word with only one participant, the Whisper feature allows the two of you to speak quietly while still listening to the conference call.

By February 2005, he had invested $ 170,000 and personally launched the company, now called Odeo, with a demonstration at TED, the invitation - only tech conference held in Monterey, California.

I vowed that on the last day of my experiment, I would be more intentional and designate my morning hours for a specific task — pure brainstorming (instead of checking off items that were only slightly more meaningful than «I'm available Friday afternoon for the call.»)

Right now the «low and no» category, as the industry calls it, has a taste and image problem, and as a result makes up only about 2 % of overall beer consumption.

This so - called FairPlay Man - In - The - Middle attack «only requires these apps to have been available in the App Store once,» according to the report.

We've seen a new type of loyalty arise, called reciprocal loyalty, in which not only are customers loyal to a brand through advocacy and brand support, but the brand is also investing back into the customer through rewards, personalized experiences and customer service.

It only takes a few minutes to make these calls, and the impression they create seems to be very positive, particularly if the customer had a problem I could help resolve.

But I would look into stocks that are called «closed - end funds» that invest only in municipal bonds.

Not only has the billionaire businessman turned president - elect called for doing away with trade deals favored by President Barack Obama, he expressed interest in renegotiating the North America Free Trade Agreement, a 22 year - old trade pact between the U.S., Canada and Mexico that eliminated most tariffs on products traded between the countries and strengthened intellectual property enforcement.

The CtW Investment Group has called for changes in Tesla and SolarCity's governance given there's only one person on SolarCity's board who isn't tied to Tesla.

Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer of North Dakota has been circulating a letter among Republican lawmakers calling on the president to stay in the deal but has gathered only seven signatures so far.

Working groups would otherwise resolve issues themselves, then call in the chief negotiators if needed, then ministers, and the heads of state only in rare cases.